Build up meaning
Build up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to make the scale, strength, or amount of something grow.
- Past simple
- built up
- Past participle
- built up
- -ing form
- building up
What build up means
make increaseB2
To make the scale, strength, or amount of something grow
Regular exercise builds up muscle strength.
1 more meaning of build up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does build up mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to make the scale, strength, or amount of something grow. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of build up?
Built up, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
